Reta was great …but what went wrong?

The ipamorelin is likely the culprit. Most growth hormone peptides cause extra water retention and raise hunger, so the extra pounds could be water plus a few more calories eaten.

Hunger did increase, which was my first guess. I raised reta from 4-5 mg up to 8 mg expecting it to offset that, yet the scale stayed flat for a full month after working well for the prior two and a half months.

How long have you been on ipamorelin? Reports from others say the water weight it adds can linger for a while before dropping off. You might try stopping for a week or two to check for change. How much exercise are you doing?

What dosing schedule are you using with ipamorelin? I have some but have not started yet.

I use a 5 mg/5 mg blend of cjc 1295 and ipamorelin. One daily dose works, either morning before a workout or 30-60 minutes before bed after a two-hour fast, then wait half an hour before eating. My dose is 200 mcg. The cjc signals the pituitary to produce GH and the ipamorelin triggers its release.

I also began in October and followed the same gradual increase used in the trials. Exercise matters a lot. My body-comp scale showed subcutaneous fat dropping while visceral fat stayed put until I added tesa twice daily before bed; visceral then fell from 20 to 16 in about six weeks. Hunger from the IGF peptides has not been an issue at 8 mg reta. I keep protein and healthy fats high and add carbs on training days when energy is low. Some stack cagri with reta to break stalls. At 8 mg reta seems to work well for holding weight steady.

GH peptides are great but I ran IPA/CJC cycles only after finishing my weight loss. They always made me very hungry. I would stop the ipamorelin for now and restart it once you are close to your goal weight.